Obama won’t linger here: Dinner at George Clooney’s

Don’t expect President Obama to stick around long when he pays his next Puget Sound visit on May 10.

President Barack Obama on previous Seattle visit.

The president is headed to Los Angeles that evening where he will be feted at a $40,000-a-person fund-raising dinner at the home of actor George Clooney, Entertainment Tonight first reported late on Tuesday.

The Clooney home will accommodate 150 guests for the event, co-hosted by DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenburg. Clooney is stepping in to host because Katzenburg’s new $35 million digs will not yet be in condition for a presidential visit.

The event aims to raise $6 million, to be split between the Obama Victory Fund and the Democratic National Committee.

Clooney has been a high-profile presence in the “other” Washington of late. He sat beside first lady Michelle Obama at a White House state dinner for visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron. He was arrested in a demonstration outside Sudan’s embassy in Washington, D.C., protesting the bombing of Nubian villagers in the new nation of South Sudan.

Later this month, Clooney and girlfriend, Stacy Keiber, will be guests of Time magazine at the White House correspondents dinner.